It was a sweet event, everyone agreed. Friday morning, fathers and students filled the cafeteria at Lorna Kesterson Elementary School to enjoy doughnuts and spend a few extra minutes together before starting the day.

On April 9, 2003, a photograph of a Marine smoking a victory cigar in his tank with a silhouette of a statue of Saddam Hussein in the background moved across the Associated Press wires and became famous. Gunnery Sgt. Nick Popaditch, the Marine in the photo, became "The Cigar Marine."

Rosalind De Aquino has always had a weakness for chocolate. So, even though she isn't the type to enter contests, she could not pass up the one Ethel M Chocolates held to created a limited edition chocolate collection.

The accomplishments of Darlene and Vern Burk were recounted to an audience Oct. 16 at the Boulder Dam Hotel, where the Burks were awarded the Alice Isenberg Advocacy Award for their support of the arts in Boulder City.

Joyce Wagner's day last Wednesday was as busy as usual for the sixth-grade reading teacher at Mannion Middle School. But instead of working with students on their literacy, she was making sure they painted pink and green stripes in their hair, played "Guitar Hero" and ate candy.

The haunting sounds of chanting monks filled the air, interrupted by clangs of metal hitting metal in the distance. The smell of smoke and cooking food mixed with scents of burning incense. A peasant stepped on the skirt of Queen Elizabeth I, causing it to rip from the bodice. The lucky gentleman was fortunate enough to keep his head.

The new coaches of Thurman White Middle School's dance and cheerleading teams are hoping both teams can participate this year in statewide competitions. First year cheerleading coaches Sarah McAfee and Jolene Meissert and dance team coach Zelilah Perez held tryouts for the teams, which were open to all sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

As the Rev. Clarence Savial led a congregation of about 500 in prayer outside St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Oct. 5, the sound of panting accompanied his supplications. Some of the congregants received enthusiastic licks on the face while they bowed their heads solemnly.

Lucille Salter and Teddy Kreuter were born in a world when Scotch tape and penicillin did not exist. Traffic lights had not been invented yet. The women were in their 20s when ballpoint pens came about, their 30s when aerosol cans hit the market.

Children's author explains inspiration to Basic High School art students

Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008

The author of "Jujo: The Youngest Tribesman" and "The Flower Man" spoke to Henderson students throughout the week as part of the city's APPLE Core celebration, the kickoff of a yearlong literacy program that rewards children for reading.

Teacher Jeff Wollard and the yearbook staff at Greenspun Junior High School have been awarded the National Scholastic Press Association's All-American award for the 2007-2008 school yearbook, "Making Waves."

Henderson is teaming up for the second year in a row with Henderson Libraries to encourage all residents to read "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog," the New York Times best-seller by John Grogan.

On Saturday, 461 years after his death, King Henry VIII made his way to the stage at the Boulder Dam Theatre. Later in the evening, playwright Eugene O'Neill, the four-time Pulitzer Prize winner who died in 1953, took his place in the spotlight.